Synonyms for relative
ˈrɛl ə tɪvrel·a·tive

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1. relativenoun

   Antonyms:
   absolute

2. relativeadjective

   Relevant; pertinent

   Antonyms:
   absolute

3. relativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   absolute

4. relativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   absolute

5. relativeadjective

   Antonyms:
   absolute

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1. relative

   Synonyms:
   referring to, not absolute

   Antonyms:
   absolute

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1. relative, relationnoun

   a person related by blood or marriage

   "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"

   Synonyms:
   sexual relation, congener, intercourse, sexual intercourse, carnal knowledge, recounting, relation back, congenator, copulation, relation, telling, coitus, sex act, congeneric, congress, sexual congress, coition

   Antonyms:
   disproportionate, disproportional, implicit, absolute, unquestioning, infinite, living, direct

2. relative, congener, congenator, congenericadjective

   an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)

   Synonyms:
   congeneric, relation, congenator, congener

   Antonyms:
   disproportionate, infinite, absolute, unquestioning, living, disproportional, direct, implicit

3. relative, comparativeadjective

   estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete

   "a relative stranger"

   Synonyms:
   proportional, comparative

   Antonyms:
   absolute, living, unquestioning, direct, infinite, implicit, disproportional, disproportionate

4. proportional, relativeadjective

   properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'

   "the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production"

   Synonyms:
   proportional, comparative

   Antonyms:
   disproportional, living, disproportionate, direct, implicit, unquestioning, infinite, absolute

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1. relativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   referring (to something else), not absolute

2. relativenoun

   Synonyms:
   relation, kinsman, connection

3. relativenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Gram.) relative pronoun

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1. relativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   relating, referring, respecting, pertaining, particular, definite, specific, pertinent

2. relativenoun

   Synonyms:
   relation, kinsman, kinswoman, connection, cognate, agnate

   Associated words:
   nepotism, nepotic, nepotist

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1. List of paraphrases for "relative":

   relating, compared, comparative, parent, relatively, related, pertaining, concerning, on, proportional, relatif, relation, relatives, regarding, respect

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1. Sean Benedict:

   The one thing that will be changing as we head into the weekend and even into early next week is the temperatures will really start to push up, that's going to lead to even lower relative humidity. We're looking at temperatures reaching near records by the middle of next week.

2. Chris Young:

   I think that Elliott - given their size, their relative aggressiveness versus other activists – are saying we've got the capital, we've got the patience that's necessary and we're going to try to now unlock Europe.

3. Michael Pond:

   While we're not inflation bulls, we're quite bullish relative to what the market is pricing in.

4. Conrad Schneider:

   The rule very likely would increase emissions relative to the Clean Power Plan, and it may increase emissions relative to business as usual.

5. Mike Bailey:

   Probably partnering makes the most sense, the one issue that I've heard of is that cars can be less profitable relative to Apple's other products, so that is a concern if Apple is going to be shifting gears into a less profitable business line.